DevOps Engineer

Job Description

In a nutshell

As a DevOps Engineer, you will act as the liaison between cloud architects and regional and local IT teams as well as local business stakeholders. Based on the knowledge, you will help application teams modernize their applications to suit cloud-based deployment and modern authentication.

Where will you be based and what business will you support?

Based in Nantes, France; you will be part of a globally distributed team that supports and operate IT Infrastructure for two of our major programmes (Appolo & eClinical IT Applications).

How can you help us?

You will:

• Design and implement cloud-based solutions on Azure, AWS & OpenStack;
• Manage and optimize multiple Kubernetes clusters (AKS, EKS, Rancher);
• Implement and maintain the Terraform- based release solution;
• Idempotent configuration management using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC);
• Collaborate closely with the rest of the IT infrastructure and operations, architecture, application and security teams;
• Help various IT teams cover major incidents;
• Contact regional IT team, collect requirements and implement standard operating procedures;
• Deploy an application landing zone in your Azure or AWS environment using the Terraform and Azure Devops based framework;
• Resort to a GitOps approach to solving technical problems.;
• Advise application teams on Cloud Adoption patterns and advice;
• Serve as an escalation point for all IT teams to do support and troubleshooting;
• Provide quality documentation, enabling smooth day-to-day operations;
• Collaborate closely with the rest of the IT infrastructure and operations, architecture, application and security teams;
• Identify opportunities to innovate, automate, and simplify delivery by contributing Terraform code and developing modules based on common patterns.

Qualifications

Are you our kind of extraordinary?

You have:

• At least 3 years of proven hands-on experience in complex IT environments, IT Services and their relationships. Including:

• Microsoft Azure and/or Azure (operations and infrastructure) experience;
• Good Linux/Windows OS administration and scripting skills (PowerShell, or DSC preferred);
• Deep knowledge and experience with Kubernetes and similar products, e.g. AKS, EKS;
• Monitoring and alerting systems experience. E.g. DataDog, Icinga, Nagios;
• Experience with Security and Registration Tools;
• Identity and access management experience, using Azure AD;
• Automation and implementation experience ( for e.g.: Terraform, DSC, Ansible, Helm or Azure DevOps);
• Cloud Native Firewall Management experience;
• CheckPoint Firewall Management experience;
• GitOps practical experience;
• Software distribution and software packaging experience;
• Solid networking knowledge;
• English language skills, at an advanced level;
• A positive attitude in the face of challenges.

You are:

• Able to learn and think out-of-the-box.
• Capable of performing code analysis and reverse engineering.

What can do for you?

We offer the following:
• A competitive salary package including bonuses and benefits
• Extensive training and on-the-job training opportunities
• Challenges within a multicultural and cross-regional team as part of the international and fast-growing organization Eurofins
• A dynamic work environment with a good team spirit, where personal development and growth are highly encouraged

Additional Information

What can we offer you?

• A competitive salary package, including bonus and benefits;
• Extensive on-the-job coaching and training opportunities;
• A hybrid working setup;
• Challenges within a multi-cultural and cross-regional team as part of the international and fast-growing Eurofins organization;
• A dynamic working environment with a good team spirit where personal development and growth are highly encouraged.

Your application:

As the role and Eurofins' IT Talent Acquisition team are international, please ensure to submit your application in English.

Want to know more about us?

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!